New Trip

[Stingray]

Collected a few specimen's, but thought this was the greatest sitting right on the ground when I got out of the car.....About the size of a Quarter.

[Stingray]

A few more

[caldigger]

Did you find it in that condition, without the need of prep?  How cool is that.

[Stingray]

Yes and didn't even wash it ..I almost stepped on it.  

[njfossilhunter]

That was a lucky and very convenient find....Didn't have to much to do other then to just step out of the car...I wish it was that easy all the time.....

[Kane]

Very nice! A fossil mimicking a geode

 

Apart from the beauty of the encrusted calcite(?), it is in remarkable condition the way the rest of the specimen has worn out while still being anchored to the rock - to such an extent it looks like it was just placed or glued on the base!

[Stingray]

When I found it I thought the same thing how the heck did this survive like this. Maybe I'm on candid camera . ( If you don't know what candid camera is there is the internet ) 

[Kane]

Ha ha... I can just picture stage-hands placing fossils before you arrive, Allen Funt waiting in the nearby bushes...

[Stingray]

I'm here haha just picturing it.....

[Fossildude19]

Neat find!

Thanks for posting it here.

Regards,

[Darktooth]

Nice find! It looks very cool!

[Jeffrey P]

Congratulations Chris on an excellent find. That brach sure is a beaut. I have some like that that probably look the same inside, but I haven't got the heart to split them. Good thing Mother Nature did that for you.

[sixgill pete]

Very nice. I love those bivalves that house crystals. There is a site here in North Carolina where you can sometimes find Cucullaea with crystals growing inside like that.

[Stingray]

Thanks for all the replies , yeah it was cut just right not to much off the top to take away the beauty of the shell